I manoscritti dei ricettari, la scrittura e il libro: saggi di un’analisi paleografica e codicologica

By outlining the different types of several exemplary manuscripts – five of which are presented with new, detailed codicological descriptions – the study reconstructs the development, in terms of the reception and use, of the codices that transmit collections of recipes, and thus a palaeographical and cultural history of this textual genre.